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When it comes to TV that causes you to sit unmoving on your couch for hours at a time, "Breaking Bad" is still the king. That's according to a new study released by TiVo on Wednesday. The company polled 15,196 TV watchers and discovered 91% of them said they binge-watched TV, which is defined as watching three or more episodes of a series in a single day. The most popular show to binge watch? AMC's "Breaking Bad," which was picked as the favorite by 35% of respondents. It was also the most binge-watched show according to another study TiVo released in January. The second most binge-watched show was "House of Cards," which was selected by...

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Shares of TiVo Inc. jumped more than 8% on Thursday because of a report that the set-top box maker had reached a settlement with Google's Motorola Mobility unit.
TiVo sued Motorola last year...

Shares of TiVo Inc. plummeted Friday after the set-top box maker announced a settlement with Google's Motorola Mobility unit, Cisco and Time Warner Cable for less than expected.
TiVo said Friday it reached a settlement with the...

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